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Who created BSOD? Windows developer reveals 30-year-old secret of "blue screen of death" blue screen of death

In the second half of July, a widespread outage at CrowdStrike impacted Windows and numerous businesses around the globe. Many users encountered the "blue screen of death" — Microsoft’s developer shared its story. As the BSOD became a hot topic onlin...

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Outdated software, but not Windows 3.1 - report on airline that resisted Crowdstrike turns out to be 'trolling'

Previously, it was reported that the American airline Southwest Airlines avoided a Crowdstrike outage due to Windows 3.1. According to the source of the report, "it was trolling" — such data does not actually exist. One of the most viral messages abo...

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Windows 3.1 saved a U.S. airline from CrowdStrike by CrowdStrike

Southwest Airlines, the fourth largest airline in the U.S., was largely unaffected by the CrowdStrike issue due to its usage of Windows 3.1. Chaos ensued only among those airlines that were utilizing current versions of Windows. Released in 1992, Win...

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